Improved animal-trap



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Leners Parent No. 106,107, 11a-aa August o, 1870.

. I E l Y IMPRovnD 'ANIMAL-TRAP.

` The `Seliellel referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.-

Be it known 'that 1,'W1LLIAM BA.LLof Oregon, iu the county of llloltand State of Missouri, have invented a new and `improved Animal-Trap; and I do `hereby declare that `the following is avfull, clear, and exact description thereowhich will. enable others skilled in 'the art to make and use the same, reference beingihad to the,accompanying drawing forming part. of this specification.` V `This invention relates to improvements `inanimaltraps, and consists mainly` iii an arrangement, in a vertical cylindrical case, divided `horizontally into two colnlnn'nuents,l ofa vertical shaft, with wings in one of the.` said compm'tments, dividing it into several sections, audha ving acoiled spring attached 4to it, tending to rcvolveit. Each section is providedl with baithooks arranged tor trip the spring-restraining devices,` and an opening inthe inside of the case admits thef animals to one ot' `thc sections, where, by nibbling the bait, he trips the spring-holder, and is carried past .the opening to a `dark space, and another section is brought opposite the opening; from the dark space openings, guarded` byfalling` doors, lead to `the conrpartment above or below, where the animals, seeing light, will go, :unibe` retained until taken out. Figur-el isa transverse sectional elevation of Amy impiovedytrap; and

`Figui-etti is aplan with the top partly broken away. Similarflctters of reference indicate corresponding parts. V g

A is `avvertieal'cylinder divided into two compartments, B C, hy the door D.V The upper compartiment has a vertical shaft, E, carrying radial-win`gs, F,

`as large as ywill turn within it. Y v

G is a coiled spring connected to the shaft andthe ease, to be contracted andtoforce the shaft around.

'H are bait-hooks, one for each section, 4between the wings, and pivotednear the upper ends, which Aare attened, and actV upon the bent ends of the slide 1, carrying the tripping-catch K, which, droppingbefore the upper edges of t-he wings F, holdY them against the action of the spring. `It is `arranged in the top of the case, near-the opening L, n the side of' the case, for the animals to enter. The -bait-hook foreach secltion engages with this slide when `its section arrives at theopening L. One orinore openings, M,.are made through the door D to the space below, and they are guarded by wire drop-doors N, to prevent the v passage from the space C above. l y

The rim of the compartment C is made to admit', the light, and has an opening and door for tak g vthe animals out.`

AThe animals, entering'at L, and attacking the4 bait,

will draw the slide I back and 'tilt the catch K en its pivot K', so as to release the wing which it holds. The spring willv then force the shaft and wings around,

carrying the Vanimal beyond the opening L, into a- `dark space, where he only sees light from below,

through the openings M, bywhich, seeking escape,v heis induced to descend, and is thereby delivered fi'omthe trap, which, by the return movement of the slide I, caused by a spring, P, is set again, and' so on a. great number of timesdepending only upon the length of 'the spring Gr.V

Having thus described my invention,

I claim. as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentf A The combinationof vertical cylinder A, having two compartments, B C, ioor .D, openings M, and ldropdoors N, vertical shaft E, radial wings F, coiled spring G, bait-hooks H, slide I, and tripping-catch K,

all'arranged as and for the purpose described.

. WILLIAM BALL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HAWKINs J oHN AP WING. 

